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Table 5 Variable Definitions

From: Examining systemic steroid use in older inflammatory bowel disease patients using hurdle models: a cohort study

Variable

Identification Codes

IBD encounters to identify provider type

HCPCS codes: 99201–99205, 99212–99215, 99241–99245, 99251–99255, 99354–99357, 99401–99404, 99406-99407

Endoscopies

ICD-9 procedures: 45.11–45.14, 45.16, 45.21–45.27, 48.23, 48.24; HCPCS codes 43234, 43235, 43239, 44360, 44361, 44376, 44378, 45335, 45378, 45379, 45380, 45381, 45382, 45383, 45384, 45385, 45300, 45303, 45305, 45307, 45308, 45309, 45315, 45317, 45320, 45321, 45327, 45330–45335, 45337–45340, 45345

IBD surgeries

ICD-9 procedure codes: 45.7, 45.71, 45.73–45.76, 45.79, 45.8, 45.9, 45.90–45.95, 45.6, 45.61–45.63, 46.0, 46.01–46.04,46.1, 46.10–46.11, 46.13–46.14, 46.2, 46.20–46.24, 48.5, 48.6, 48.61–48.65, 48.69